Monday, August 30, 2010

Cranberry orange & walnut whole wheat muffins

I actually dreamt these muffins into existence. The other night, I had a dream about making these muffins in great detail, from the orange zest to the cranberries and walnuts. Funny thing is though - I have no idea what prompted my dream. I started looking for a recipe and was having a hard time finding one that had all the criteria I wanted - mainly the whole wheat flour component.

Finally, I hopped on Katie's blog, and of course the very first muffin recipe that comes up under her tag is for the exact muffin I've been searching for! Now she posted this back in January, so maybe its been hiding out in the recesses of my mind just waiting to surface in a dream so that I would make it! Either way, I'm glad I did, this is an extremely healthy and very tasty recipe.

Directions:-Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin tins-In a large bowl, add sugars and applesauce and mix until very well combined.-Mixing while incorporating, add milk, juice, honey, egg, and vanilla.-Mix to combine well.-Sift flours into large bowl.-Add baking powder, cinnamon, salt and orange zest.-Fold dry ingredients into wet.-Fold dry ingredients in until half way combined, about 6 full strokes.-Add cranberries and walnuts and fold in. (Batter should be just barely combined)-Spoon batter into muffin tins-Place into oven and bake until toothpick inserted into center of muffins comes out clean, about 20-25 minutes.

2 comments:

I dream in food too... isn't that wonderful and strange? I dreamt a recipe for a salsa topping for fish a few weeks ago. And it turned out really well! These muffins look great and I'm going to try them next week. Love the use of whole wheat flour, so we can all feel a little less guilty. :)

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I'm a newlywed living and working in Chicago. I discovered a couple of years ago that the best way to unwind after a stressful day is chopping and drinking a glass of wine...now I love to cook!
I get most of my new ideas from magazines, The Food Network or other blogs.
My husband Joe loves 99% of what I make, especially if it's stuffed with cheese or wrapped in bacon. He does wish I baked more, but I think he's got it pretty good for now.